CareCam could be very useful when it comes to monitoring clinical trials. Depending on the apps features and the clinical trial, it could collect accurate daily data of how the patient feels and if they are experiencing any slight side affects. I’m not sure I understand how taking a video or a picture will help the doctor monitor the patient’s…[Read more]

When I first read that the projection would be 15 million households, I was shocked. The projection is too high for only 5 years. However, I think the article talks about having a “connected system” in the home period, regardless if it is the only “connected system”. I’m not sure of a particular system or company that may dominate but I think if…[Read more]

After reading the post “Cars You Drive Will Eventually Be Outlawed”, I noticed an article about Uber and self-driving cars. In class, we talked about Uber as a disruptive innovation when it comes to current taxi services. When I did my research on autonomous vehicles, this idea that current cars could be taken off the market completely was very real possibility; current cars and self-driving cars will not be compatible on the road together.

In this article, Uber’s technology leaders have started to working with Carnegie Mellon University’s National Robotics Engineering Center to research “areas of mapping and vehicle safety and autonomy technology”. Uber is making a smart decision by investing in this technology because self-driving cars will become the new taxis.

Since Uber is investing in this technology, it will be faced with new challenges. While we as consumers use Uber because it is convenient the company has recruited drivers by saying drivers can get rich. But, within the past year Uber has faced several lawsuits from its independent contractors or “drivers”. In my opinion, Uber will probably heavily invest in self-driving cars to eliminate this problem. The article also mentioned that Google may create a taxi service similar to Uber since it is also heavily investing in self-driving cars.

When Uber only has self-driving cars pick you up, would you continue to use Uber? Why or Why not? Would you start using Google’s taxi service instead? How do you think Uber will change its business model to compete with a huge company like Google?

As long as people using Uber understand that self-driving cars are safer than human operated cars, they will continue to use Uber. For me personally, I want to get from Point A to Point B and have no interest in speaking with the driver about their long days slaving away at work so I very much enjoy the idea of driverless cars.
It really depends on what Google can offer. Will they have a larger fleet thereby arriving sooner after a request is made for a cab? If so then I’d go with Google. Are their cars cleaner? Will they have targeted ads in the vehicles? There are so many factors that can influence consumer behavior, but if Google does create its own taxi service, a lot of people will use it.

Monday: Before Thanksgiving break, I made a list of all documents that we were required to create for class throughout the semester. During that same meeting, we decided which documents we would include in our […]

This week the PMs met on Thursday to decide what would go into our binder that we will hand in at the end of the semester. During this meeting, we evaluated the significance of each deliverable, assigned who will […]

Sunday: A couple of us PMs met with the BAs. They demonstrated the prototype for us and we commented on how it could be improved. I suggested that they should think through every step of their prototype. For […]

Tuesday Night: I scheduled a breakout room for Sean, Emily and I to create second drafts for the deliverables. We decided each document will follow a format and color theme to look like a cohesive unit. We worked […]

This week one of the PMs sent a group message asking who wanted to create the Organization Chart, RACI, and Stakeholder’s Analysis. These three deliverables were due Monday 10/13. I created the Organization Chart […]

Monday Evening: Zack L. and I met with the BAs to go over their 3rd interview questions. Our BAs focus is on digital marketing strategies and this interview is the most crucial because the interviewee is Somerville Lumber IT staff person. Also, the BAs seem very enthusiastic and open to suggestions when it comes to brainstorming ideas for their prototype. One thing I would like to improve upon is how to show them how to use their interview answers to create the prototype.

Tuesday Afternoon: Zach C., Michelangelo, Sean and I attended the 3rd interview. It went very well. I believe the 3rd interview answers will be extremely helpful when it comes to designing prototype.

Tuesday Evening: Sean, Emily and I met to discuss the template for the Project Charter. This draft is about 80% finished. Once finished we will discuss with other team members on how to improve it. I think it would be best to meet at the same time next week to finish this deliverable and work on another.

Thursday: I ran into one of our BAs and he wanted everyone get together to go over how to learn Justinmind. We are planning to meet on Sunday. I told him that I could help with analyzing the interview answers to figure out how to design the prototype to fit the client’s needs.

This week could have been more productive. The BAs had their first exam this past Tuesday and asked for our help Monday night. I believe they met up with at least one of the PMs to go over what could be on the […]

This week on Tuesday we met with our BAs to discuss their progress on the scope document. We reviewed the statement of purpose, objectives, assumptions and restraints. These meeting are proving to be effective because each time we meet with our BAs they have improve their document with the suggestion we have given them. For example the first time we met with them about the scope document we noticed that their objectives could be improve to reflect business objectives. We also said they should make the objectives business SMART objectives.

What does not seem to be working is how to motivate them to start playing around with Justinmind. When I was a BA I did not realize how important it was to play around with this program. We have stressed that it is very time involved and the sooner they learn the better. We will have to come up with another course of action when it comes to creating a sense of urgency for learning Justinmind.

Hi everyone! This summer I will be working at Project HOME as an IT Health Services Intern. Project HOME is a non-profit that focuses on breaking the cycle of homelessness and poverty. I will be working on Project […]